HKIA Cross-Strait Architectural Design Symposium and Awards 2017 gathers design professionals from across the region The Hong Kong Institute of Architects Cross-Strait Architectural Design Symposium and Awards (CADSA) 2017 once again generated enthusiastic debate about trends in architecture and the challenges ahead, drawing key players from the Greater China region. The event, held on June …

Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors recognises industry’s best at the Building Surveyor Awards The Building Surveyor Awards 2017 Presentation Ceremony and Gala Dinner — held on June 8 at the JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong — was attended by more than 200 guests and judges. Those gathered included Ir Hon Chi-keung, JP, Permanent Secretary for …

Nelson Chow’s designs for WeWork Hong Kong frame the city’s cultural cues in a distinctly modern creative space Given so many of us spend some 50 hours or more each week in an office, it’s a little surprising that workplace design is not given the degree of thought it deserves. This shouldn’t simply be a …

Alexander Wong Architects has redesigned the newly opened Sogo Freshmart in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Hong Kong-based Alexander Wong Architects spent nearly 12 months working on the redesign of the newly opened Sogo Freshmart at Sogo Causeway Bay. The stunning project has set a new level of sophistication for Japanese supermarket design in Hong Kong. Sogo Freshmart’s luxurious new look …

Sino Group has collaborated with the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Hong Kong to present the ‘Sino Group Robotic Architecture Series’ and an architectural structure made of robotically-manufactured bricks. The architectural structure was constructed by university students under the tutelage of lecturers Donn Holohan, Holger Kehne and Christian J Lange. and is now …

If F Scott Fitzgerald’s Jay Gatsby were living in Hong Kong, he would feel right at home amid the Art Deco styling of the new Castle One by V Real-estate developer and management firm V Group found its niche in Hong Kong with upscale service apartments and hotels. Creating and operating boutique serviced apartments and luxury hotels …

Bean Buro has created a visitor experience centre at the headquarter of Kerry Logistics in Hong Kong that welcomes guests with contemporary art Bean Buro has proposed an exterior art installation piece at the entrance spanning for 1,664sqft (155sqm) – a flock of LED light columns in a gradient from yellow to orange, which pulsate at nigh in a wind-like rhythm. The …

Respectful, insightful and humble, Japanese architect Kengo Kuma talks about the dispute over the Tokyo 2020 Olympic stadium, the lack of freedom in architecture, and his idol Frank Lloyd Wright Kengo Kuma arrives in Hong Kong at 5am on the day we sit down together, a pitstop en route to more meetings in Beijing and …

World Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2017 is taking place in Hong Kong, focusing on innovative and integrative whole-system thinking and practices in sustainable built environment Themed “Transforming Our Built Environment through Innovation and Integration: Putting Ideas into Action”, the World Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2017 Hong Kong (WSBE17 Hong Kong) converges top findings from 20 Regional SBE Conferences, …